IC-10 Honorable Mentions

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The legal departments of the following organizations made deciding on our 2008 IC-10 winners a challenge. These five entrants were chosen as runners up for demonstrating innovation and creativity in their solutions for common department dilemmas.

Deutsche Bank, for streamlining legal advice requests through its automated Click4Legal system, allowing its lawyers to better assess and respond to the legal underpinnings of complex business deals.

eBay Inc., for its creation of a Legal Department Operations team to hone in on and do away with internal and external inefficiencies.

LyondellBasell, for a case management strategy that has reduced litigation costs 80 percent, even in the face of thousands of lead paint-related public nuisance cases.

Sedo.com, for managing the legalities of the domain name industry--the "Wild West" of the Internet--including its creation of a Rights Protection Program to open up communication for buyers, sellers and trademark owners.